Jurors deliberated about five hours Tuesday before retiring for the evening without reaching a verdict.

While defense attorneys contend the death was a result of self-defense, Assistant District Attorney Bruce Lennard told jurors in closing arguments Tuesday that the pair planned to cause Duffy a serious physical injury -- and that Larry Benford stabbed Duffy in his heart that afternoon.

Duffy died several days later.

Jurors began deliberating the case before Judge Thomas Breslin in Albany County Court at roughly 5 p.m..

In summations, both sides noted that Ahmad Benford was driving on South Pearl Street near Madison Avenue with his girlfriend when he had a confrontation with two men, one of whom was Duffy.

"Those guys came out of nowhere and came up on his car," said Gaspar Castillo, the attorney for Ahmad Benford. "What happened was clear and simple -- he was attacked."

He said Ahmad Benford scared them off with a lug wrench and later met up with his brother for protection. When the second confrontation later took place on Myrtle Avenue, the knife was used as a "last resort" against three attackers, said Cheryl Coleman, the attorney for Larry Benford.